Under Pressure

Queen Anne’s Lace grows rampant in the field behind our house. I’ve been meaning to do something fun with these pretty white umbels for a dog’s age. The other morning, I finally traipsed out with my bag and trusty pair of scissors, and went all Edward Scissorhands on the place. It took a good half-minute to gather up some stems for pressing.

I have a couple ideas for these pressed beauties, but I’m still waiting for them to dry… I’m pressing them the old fashion way. Books! It will be a little while yet…

In the meantime, if you’d like to join me in my crafty Queen Anne’s lace experiment, here are a few excellent flower pressing tutorials to get you started:

Queen Anne's Lace always reminds me of summer camp. We didn't have much of it along the Gulf Coast, but it was everywhere in N AL where I went o summer cap as a kid. Every year, I'd come home with pressed Queen Anne's Lace! Fond memories!

I look forward to seeing what you do with these. I used to press flowers in my books all the time when I was little and then forget and find them ages later as I opened the book. It was always a pleasant surprise!

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